The Washington critic., 1887-05-18
"MIGHTY GLAD TO GET B.iCK." !"
Mr.. Chambers Trip Abroad and How
It Impressed Him.

Mr.. Chambers Trip Abroad and How
II Impressed Him.
JEFF. Chandler, the we'll known lawyer,
has just returned from trip across the sea.
This morning he was found by a Critic
man who pounced upon him for an inter
view.
~ don't know that l have anything to
say," he started out, "unless 1t is that
am mighty glad to get back. Did stay in
Londonp oh, yes; and really enjoyed that
part OF my visit moro than anything else.
/ was there ten days and the first day went
TO the House Of Commons In the morning,
never leaving until nearly midnight 1t
was the day the resolution was entered
against Dillon, and us result not only
heard Gladstone, but nearly every member
Of prominence In the House,
"IIow does the Grand Old Man impress
you ~ was asked.
ale impressed me as being man OF
power and intellect, and | don't see how
there can be any doubt OF his being the lead
ing intellect of that body"
ais the Government party a strong one
intellectually ~
swell, not Sd strong as anticipated, nor
near as stroug as the Irish party which leads
the Times head and ears. The Government
has the advantage OF position, wealth aud
Of social prestige, and perhaps the latter ac-
counts in some degree for It's intellectual
Weakness
"You spent some time in studying the
laboring classes Of England. DO you fnd
them as rule In sympathy with Home
Rule for lrelandYp
"well, no. l had expected It, bat was
disappointed in finding that they cared lit
tie or nothing about 1t. The labofing ec.
ment OF England is the most patient class
Of human beings in existence. And again.
they have such reverence for customs
that you fiji d them pursuing the same ways
Of doing things as were used hundred
years ago. You put man In groove and
let him realize that that is his station and
that no effort on his part will elevate him
above 1t, and he becomes, to large degree,
plodding machine. 1t is to this that
attribute the fact that nearly all English
mechanics own their own houses-neat,
pretty homes, too, for the most part. II q
man has no hope beyond his present posi-
tion 1t must, perforce, make him frugal and
savipg,n
"DO you think, then, that the condition
OF the English workingman is better than
that of the American ~
mo, do not. The fact that they are not
as well educated as our mechanics is suill-
cient to answer that, but again the Ameri-
can workingman is a more progressive be-
ing by far than his English cousin"
"And how should you say our lawmakers
compare with those OF England ~
"The comparison, to my mind, Is most
favorable to us. In fact, II any American
wants to get q delicate appreciation Of the
worth Of our institutions, he wants to 60
and spend six months or year on the Con
tinent or in England. Why Ia 1t, do you
suppose, that the Englishmen fight
home rule in Ireland SO bitterly
1t is from fear. l do not believe
there is single principle holding
the Tories Of England together. 1t is fear.
son: III We give way In this we are lost
for the public mind is becoming so demo
cratic that there will be no stopping place.
To change the subject, | was somewhat
surprised and considerably amused at the
reception given Buffalo Bill and his Wild
West Show. The former has been made
the lion OF the hour and the latter has be-
come two days. WONDER
"And you ask for my impressions OF
FraIceS Well, they are quite decided.
travelled thoroughly over the country and
found every acre Of ground titled, every
railroad they wanted built and every mine
they possessed opened up. Their own re.
sources well nigh exhausted they are forced
to turn their attention elsewhere for livell.
HoOu, anu lOI tHis reasOu EuIl5 is u Guy VI
pleasure and Of riotous living. A people
reared on such diet cannot be sturdy race,
France has reached the zenith of her glory
France. to my mind, is on the decline as 9
Bation.n
"And do you think there will be any wal
with GermanyN'
'Ido not. The Fronchman has too muct
time for pleasure to want to fight, aud 4
there is war 1t will be of Germany's making
But. To 20 back to ENGLAND. | must no
forget to mention Westminster Abbey, for
enjoyed II greatly. To think there lie thu
genius and valor Of England for more thar
six centuries" "